Manager Watchdog runs as a separate process and monitors Manager through the Windows OS Services model. Manager Watchdog polls Manager every 10 seconds. If the Manager Watchdog does not detect the Manager during a polling period, it waits for 30 seconds and then restarts the Manager service automatically. Manager Watchdog will make five attempts to restart the Manager and then, if it has not succeeded, it will exit.
Manager Watchdog, by default, is a manual service; you must explicitly start it.
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You can instead change this setting to be automatic if you wish the service to start automatically after a system reboot.
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If you have chosen to change the Manager service setting from its default (Auto) to "Manual" (during a troubleshooting session, for example), consider doing the same for Manager Watchdog as well. This will prevent the Manager Watchdog from restarting Manager automatically.